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well really my week ended yesterday, 5PM didn't do a lick of work all day.
Finally an article I really appreciated, Lars de Ridder's Stop tech-driven problem-solving[^]
Once in a while I'd see articles and surveys on stuff like blockchain, and think to myself should I really learn that crap - I mean the intent is there and I start reading up, but run out of steam and the eyes start closing about 2 minutes in ('5 minutes' would be lying) - let's face it big data and/or learning hadoop - boring as hell. (Really, I still know nothing about big data except how to spell it, just the thought of what that means tells me it's a stupid idea.)
Lars article I read all the way because it was interesting, and it told me I was right to not waste energy on all that crap. Handy ref too, can slip it in the occasional correspondence for some of the easily fooled by the news customers.
Nice way to end the week: I could have wasted hours, days, weeks of my life on crap ad others even told me I should, but I didn't.
In short: blockchain etc is crap, but more importantly life is to short to waste on it.
Installing Signature...
Do not switch off your computer.
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Hey, I have this swell solution. How about you go out and find the problem?
Arguing with a woman is like reading the Software License Agreement. In the end, you ignore everything and click "I agree".
Anonymous
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Lopatir wrote: let's face it big data and/or learning hadoop - boring as hell
I think the article was generally good, but massively incorrect in this area. Big data solutions are proving to be very useful (as in functional end products) in the security realm.
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
- Benjamin Disraeli
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Nathan Minier wrote: Big data solutions are proving to be very useful (as in functional end products) in the security realm.
Absolutely! When you're hacking into a database, not having 10's or 100's of millions of people's info in one place and it's hardly worth it.
Big Data? Bigger Data! One good hack to steal everything about everyone!
Y i p p e e e e e !
No more worries about being hacked!
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Yeah, I was talking about that rather than using data warehousing and parsing for heuristic analysis of network behavior baselines. Clearly.
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
- Benjamin Disraeli
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Wood spider or beds purpose, without a castle. (6)
Disclaimer - NOT an obscure word today.
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No sorry.
If it was mastermind 1W 1B
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FOREST?
A bed's purpose is "for rest" - remove a castle (r for rook)leaving forest which is a synonym for wood.
Spider? I've no idea.
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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The giant wood spider is also known as the forest spider.
This space for rent
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And the Huntsman I believe.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Yes - although I was also thinking spider/rest as in snooker or pool.
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Arent snooker spiders made of brass? 
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I had 'without a castle'
as something inside a castle, or fort, hence for--t
bugger, I am crap at these 
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Hi All,
I don't know if I have mentioned this before but when I see a Message Closed title, I start to think what was that message... why doesn't Bob want to read it... are managment drugging the water supply... ie paranoia comes to the surface. Having seen multiple of these before they closed I can say they are usually of the 'meet Russian teens', 'increase length and girth' etc. It's just the man (or ![Green Alien | [Alien]](https://www.codeproject.com/script/Forums/Images/alien.gif) ) won't let me see them increases my interest. Does that make me odder than the norm?...
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I thought such nuked messages were only visible for protectors.
You might ask to make them not visible for "normal" users in B&S.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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What "message closed"? I see no such thing, nothing to see here, move along, move along.
I nuked the closed message to tidy up the Lounge - it needs a hoover and the cushions plumped every now and then - but the report gave the following details:
Quote: Not sure what they're pushing as I didn't follow the links and the message was gibberish
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Thank you for tidying up after me!
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You're welcome!
But if you spill your wine on the carpet again ... 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Before the smartphone days, I used to work hard and take notes of the discussions that happens through conference calls.
With android, you got the automatic call recorder app. It records the whole call. You just have to play it back quick to collect & summarize the whole details of the meeting. You don't actually need to listen through the whole call, it's just matter of moving the slider quick on key points and wrap up.
Yesterday we had a very long call, I said I would share the minutes(summary) of the meeting. I slacked around the whole-yesterday. And today, I just sat down to start writing the notes. Now I see, the call had actually happened through hanguots and not through the phone-voice call. The call recorder I got works only with the GSM voice calls & not VOIP/Hangouts.  
Now I'll have to sit like this[^] and dig my own call recorder in brain.
Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy Falcon.
modified 1-Dec-17 2:09am.
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Ah, technology, such great slaves, such unforgiving masters.
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